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and i'm ready to go to washington without delay! [cheers and applause] i also want to thank martha coakley for her call of congratulations. a hard contest is behind us. and now we must come together as a commonwealth. thank you, martha! [applause] as you know, this special election came about because we lost someone very, very dear to massachusetts and to america. senator ted kennedy was a tireless worker and a big-hearted public servant. and for most of his lifetime was a force like no other in this state. [cheers and applause] the first call i made was to his wife vicki. and i told her that his name will always command the affection and respect by the people of massachusetts. and i said we feel the same about her. [cheers and applause] there's no replacing a man like that. but tonight i honor the memory, and i pledge to be the very best and try to be a worthy successor to the late senator kennedy. and i said at the very beginning, when i sat down at the dinner table of my family that win or lose we would run a race which would mak
and i'm ready to go to washington without delay! [cheers and applause] i also want to thank martha coakley for her call of congratulations. a hard contest is behind us. and now we must come together as a commonwealth. thank you, martha! [applause] as you know, this special election came about because we lost someone very, very dear to massachusetts and to america. senator ted kennedy was a tireless worker and a big-hearted public servant. and for most of his lifetime was a force like no other...
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>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over two decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. the mclaughlin group is brought to you my metlife. guarantees for the if in life. ♪ [ music ] >>> it's the 28th annual mclaughlin group year end awards 2009 part 2. here's the master of ceremonies, john mclaughlin. >> destined for political stardom 2010. >> marco rubio, republican hero in the future. >> eleanor. >> we have a rom woman, meg wittman is tending to be governor of california and a democratic woman, maria pantwell, senator from washington state who is about to take the lead on climate change legislation in the u.s. senate. >> monica. >> i have three rising stars. on the right, marly. >> is she going to win? >> i think so. i think she has a very good shot. also the virginia governor. the new republican there, mcdonnel, and she has political aspirations of her own and she could be dynamite. >> to run for governor? >> yes. >> the political stars are going to be the republican congressional leaders who are
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. >> couldn't get theme you this to washington? we will get them on tomorrow. >> coincidentally, a friend of mine has been trying to adopt two children for about two years from haiti and she was just down there at the orphanage, which i'm happy to report is doing okay. it is the village of hope orphanage. and -- but she had these pictures of jacquesmel that she was showing me a couple days ago, today, i just got emailed pictures, basically the same area and it's horrible. it is just this beautiful colonial architecture and people, you know, are as affected down there. so -- i think that is important. >> you question faith in all of this? >> you have -- in a way, you do. i mean, you don't understand, especially a place like haiti hit so hard by lots -- >> why? >> why would this happen? why would it happen, i don't know. >> anybody you talk to who spent any time down there, really talks about the resiliency of the people. >> larry: go back now, ben? >> i will definitely go back. you know, i think it is also important to note that pre
. >> couldn't get theme you this to washington? we will get them on tomorrow. >> coincidentally, a friend of mine has been trying to adopt two children for about two years from haiti and she was just down there at the orphanage, which i'm happy to report is doing okay. it is the village of hope orphanage. and -- but she had these pictures of jacquesmel that she was showing me a couple days ago, today, i just got emailed pictures, basically the same area and it's horrible. it is just...
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there's a sense that change in washington hasn't come fast enough. there's a tidal wave of anger coming toward her that they miscalculated. they didn't respect the intensity of it and didn't respond quickly enough. the republican did, larry. >> larry: dana bash, what's the sentiment on the hill? is there a chance the house will pass the senate version and get this quicked passed by going to the senate and they'll approve it, they don't need 60 votes? >> reporter: it looks very, very unlikely this evening. i spoke to many how democratic lawmakers, and many said they don't see it possible. they personally would not vote yes, and all you need is a couple of house democrats to drop off. that throws that idea of the house passing the senate bill out the window. what is next? that is such a big question mark. house democratic leaders huddled in nancy pelosi's office a short while ago to watch the returns, and they're trying to figure out what to do with health care. there is no clearer path. all of the options are very, very bad when it comes to trying to
there's a sense that change in washington hasn't come fast enough. there's a tidal wave of anger coming toward her that they miscalculated. they didn't respect the intensity of it and didn't respond quickly enough. the republican did, larry. >> larry: dana bash, what's the sentiment on the hill? is there a chance the house will pass the senate version and get this quicked passed by going to the senate and they'll approve it, they don't need 60 votes? >> reporter: it looks very, very...
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. >> this week on "inside washington," two prominent senate democrats announced their retirements. as a result, there is joy in talk radioville. >> these democrats drag the obama kool-aid, and they are committing political suicide. >> but are reports of their pending demise greatly exaggerated? >> i am less interested in passing and blamed than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately, the buck stops with me. >> the white house releases the report on the christmas day underwear bomber. it is not a happy tail. >> this is a winter of reckoning. >> governor's cry out in pain as they feel the effects of the battered economy. and guns in an nba locker room. no laughing matter. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- mark twain once came back to the united states from london and said the newspaper reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. democratic leaders argue that is the case and washington following the news that two democratic senators and a democratic governor had decided not to stand for reelection. no
. >> this week on "inside washington," two prominent senate democrats announced their retirements. as a result, there is joy in talk radioville. >> these democrats drag the obama kool-aid, and they are committing political suicide. >> but are reports of their pending demise greatly exaggerated? >> i am less interested in passing and blamed than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately, the buck stops with me. >>...
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washington doesn't have answers and washington is rapidly losing the trust of a whole lot of people. >> larry: do you think guantanamo will come up, john? >> i don't think so by name, no. he will address national security, and he should. it's part of the state of the union. we are at war. the fact that president gets generally high markets on an issue of national security. our country was deeply divided over the issue of iraq and afghanistan. in one year one of his greatest accomplishments is it to depolarize those wars. he's pursued a centrist course with the reappointment of secretary gates. controversial among some and sent a centrist message. that he is what he achieved what he campaigned on in that area. >> he ran as a domestic president, but he gets his highest marks in foreign poecli and he's running more of a sent ris administration. >> larry: does he get a big bump tomorrow? john? >> he'll get a bump. he gives a great speech. >> larry: david? >> doubt it, larry. small bump from his point of view. he has to hope it lasts. >> larry: david and john, we thank you both very much.
washington doesn't have answers and washington is rapidly losing the trust of a whole lot of people. >> larry: do you think guantanamo will come up, john? >> i don't think so by name, no. he will address national security, and he should. it's part of the state of the union. we are at war. the fact that president gets generally high markets on an issue of national security. our country was deeply divided over the issue of iraq and afghanistan. in one year one of his greatest...
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washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware that the american public has increasingly desired fast results. it is one of the down sides of technology. people are looking for the instant reaction and also for the instant solut
washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the...
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i'm john king in washington, take care. >>> what is going to happen to haiti's children? some have nowhere to go, and others are stranded, as helpless parents watch from afar. the fate of haiti and its people, next on a special edition of "larry king live." >> larry: we are, of course, around the clock with coverage of this tragedy in haiti. skaven juries were scattered by hasen police, and nobody was injured. joining us now are some of the heroes. dr. mark grossman. he is with south florida search and rescue task, force two. and joseph fernandez, and the task force leader, and then let's check in with our own ivan watson. what is the latest, ivan? >> reporter: the latest is that the team here, they actually reached two people who were still alive in this mountain of rubble here. the workers have gotten through, and they have cut through and actually have been able to hold the hand of a krael speaking woman there trapped along the side of a man. her voice is strong and they are passing water to her. they are trying to open up a hole to try and pull the woman out. she surv
i'm john king in washington, take care. >>> what is going to happen to haiti's children? some have nowhere to go, and others are stranded, as helpless parents watch from afar. the fate of haiti and its people, next on a special edition of "larry king live." >> larry: we are, of course, around the clock with coverage of this tragedy in haiti. skaven juries were scattered by hasen police, and nobody was injured. joining us now are some of the heroes. dr. mark grossman. he...
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people are hurting, washington does not have answers and washington is rapidly losing the trust of all whole lot of people. >> larry: how about guantanamo, do you think it's going to come up? >> i don't think guantanamo is going to come up by name, but he's going to address national security and he should, because the country is at war. our country was deeply divided when he came into office over the issue of iraq and afghanistan. in one year, he's been able to largely depot -- de polarize those wars. he sent a reassuring centrist message and that's one of the reasons why he's been able to achieve what he campaigned on in that area. >> he ran has a domestic president, but john's right he gets his highest marks in foreign policy, that is where he is running a more centrist administration. >> larry: yes or no from both of you, does he get a billing bump tomorrow, john? >> we'll get a big bump, he gives a great speech. >>. >> larry: david? >> we gets a small bump. >> larry: don't forget cnn will have major coverage tomorrow night and then we'll be on at mi
people are hurting, washington does not have answers and washington is rapidly losing the trust of all whole lot of people. >> larry: how about guantanamo, do you think it's going to come up? >> i don't think guantanamo is going to come up by name, but he's going to address national security and he should, because the country is at war. our country was deeply divided when he came into office over the issue of iraq and afghanistan. in one year, he's been able to largely depot -- de...
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you write that the race could reshape the balance of power in washington. how would it do that? >> well, if scott brown, a republican, is elected that means that the gop would have 41 seats ending the democrats filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the senate. effectively what would mean democrats in the senate could not push legislation through in a fashion that they've been able to in the past few months since minnesota's senator al franken gave them that 60th seat. so it would basically be something of a roadblock, you know, before the democratic majority could stymie not just an immediate issue but a number of issues the democrats are hoping to pursue. >> what other agenda items are you talking about? >> well, for example, financial regulation of wall street. if they can get to an energy bill, if they can get to an immigration bill. those are just three items that, you know -- without having 60 seats could make it harder for democrats to pursue their agenda this year. >> what about the midterm elections. how would had this raise affect that? >> well, there's the substantive i
you write that the race could reshape the balance of power in washington. how would it do that? >> well, if scott brown, a republican, is elected that means that the gop would have 41 seats ending the democrats filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the senate. effectively what would mean democrats in the senate could not push legislation through in a fashion that they've been able to in the past few months since minnesota's senator al franken gave them that 60th seat. so it would basically...
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and the conservative in washington, amanda carpenter, "the washington times." the buck stops with him. was that a good move today? >> certainly a different move than we heard in the bush administration. i never heard anybody taking responsibility for 9/11, for katrina. i thought he stepped to the plate and i couldn't disagree with paul bremer more, larry. i think he is prosecuting the same way president bush prosecuted the shoe bomber, richard reid as a criminal. you want to prosecute them as what they are and that's criminals. that's what clinton did when he put the previous bombers in jail instead of letting them get away like osama bin laden. >> larry: bay, what did you make of the president today? >> you know, i think it's a little bit too late is what it is. i think what he did today was right and he took responsibility, as stephanie said, as he well should. look what happened here. this was an attempted act of war against the united states of america. we had al ckqaeda moving an operative on an american plane, putting him in a specific seat to do this cri
and the conservative in washington, amanda carpenter, "the washington times." the buck stops with him. was that a good move today? >> certainly a different move than we heard in the bush administration. i never heard anybody taking responsibility for 9/11, for katrina. i thought he stepped to the plate and i couldn't disagree with paul bremer more, larry. i think he is prosecuting the same way president bush prosecuted the shoe bomber, richard reid as a criminal. you want to...
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bill press, nationally syndicated talk show host and chris star walt from the washington examiner. let's start with michael jackson's death. huge pop star, seriously weird guy. the covers went on for two solid weeks. >> i remember you complaining about that. >> i'm still complaining about it. >> oi kachlt it went on for two years. yes, it was overkill. this was an icon of pop culture. i think that the country in a way needed the mourn. yes, it went on and on and went on too long. we're talking ratings here. the ratings went through the roof for this network. >> people were genuinely interested. michael jackson was the most googled term of last year. he was fascinating to generations of people. it's not a surprise he would get the coverage he got. >> my problem was the volume of the coverage. >> if there had been something major happening in the world -- >> there couldn't have been anything major happening. it was all blacked out. >> bill press, looking back in media terms, michael jackson's death was bigger than ted kennedy's passing and certainly walter cronkite's. >> i think the
bill press, nationally syndicated talk show host and chris star walt from the washington examiner. let's start with michael jackson's death. huge pop star, seriously weird guy. the covers went on for two solid weeks. >> i remember you complaining about that. >> i'm still complaining about it. >> oi kachlt it went on for two years. yes, it was overkill. this was an icon of pop culture. i think that the country in a way needed the mourn. yes, it went on and on and went on too...
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ben stellar, columnist for "fortune" magazine in washington. new york, stephanie miller, host of her own radio show, her website, stephaniemiller.com. and in new york, s.c. cup. columnist for the new york daily news and senior writer for the daily caller website. first, the big news of the day, the supreme court. 5-4 vote rules corporations can contribute anything and take credit for the contributions and political campaigns pretty much handing a major defeat to the mccain law. what do you make of that ruling, mark? >> this takes us into uncharted territory. the whole goal of campaign finance was to reduce the influence of money in politics and, in fact, the whole thing has boomeranged with this supreme court decision. the law result in a decision that's overturned precedent and this is historically unprecedented that corporations now can take out political ads. >> larry: ben, what do you make of it? >> well, the story is really that a contribution is a form of free speech. that's how the supreme court seeing it that giving money is a way to ex
ben stellar, columnist for "fortune" magazine in washington. new york, stephanie miller, host of her own radio show, her website, stephaniemiller.com. and in new york, s.c. cup. columnist for the new york daily news and senior writer for the daily caller website. first, the big news of the day, the supreme court. 5-4 vote rules corporations can contribute anything and take credit for the contributions and political campaigns pretty much handing a major defeat to the mccain law. what...
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our cnn white house correspondent in washington. now let's talk with anita who was an assistant to president george w. bush and laura who served as director of events. how could this happen? >> this is just unbelievable, and i'm sorry to hear that this has happened. again, we're talking about this, since november, another person that was able to breach the security at the white house. we all need to be concerned about this, about protecting the president, the first family, and protecting the white house. i think -- obviously, this was turned up in the investigation, that the secret service was doing, and identified that someone was able to get on a bus from the willard hotel with the indian delegation, and i think this is a question, too, for the state department and the office of protocol. was there a visits officer there going through the list, matching up the list from the white house with the protocol office to see that the people getting on that bus with the official delegation coming to the white house, which, by the way, go t
our cnn white house correspondent in washington. now let's talk with anita who was an assistant to president george w. bush and laura who served as director of events. how could this happen? >> this is just unbelievable, and i'm sorry to hear that this has happened. again, we're talking about this, since november, another person that was able to breach the security at the white house. we all need to be concerned about this, about protecting the president, the first family, and protecting...
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from washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. 3:25 on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking with anne kornblut, her book, "notes from the cracked ceiling." >> thank you for having me. host: you say that this is a letdown and drove apart mothers and daughters and setback the equality in the political sphere of decades, why? guest: there wasn't a bipartisan women's movement. and if you w'look what happene hillary clinton won a lot of women, and older women. but she split younger women. and when sarah palin was on the republican ticket, she was not able to bring over the democratic women or the independent women. so rather than being a ground swell of a women's movement, i look in the book that it splintered generationally across party lines. and elected officials, some who went for obama and some for clinton. host: when hillary clinton withdrew from the race. >> although we were not able to shatter that ceiling this time, thanks to you it has about 18 million cracks from it. and the light is shining through like never before filling us all with the hope a
from washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. 3:25 on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking with anne kornblut, her book, "notes from the cracked ceiling." >> thank you for having me. host: you say that this is a letdown and drove apart mothers and daughters and setback the equality in the political sphere of decades, why? guest: there wasn't a bipartisan women's movement. and if you w'look what happene hillary clinton won a lot of women,...
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c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week in congress, the second year of the obama administration. more liz sidoti liz with the associated press and jennifer haberkorn from "the washington times." good morning, welcome. we'll start with you, jennifer, asking you about your story this morning in the politics section. that story is being reported elsewhere as well. for the president is expected to speak elsewhere about jobs, are they the number one issue? guest: it seems that way, after the election in massachusetts, health care seems to be in the back burner. people want jobs, they want the economy to improve, so they will be working on that, and i think he will see that reflected in the state of the union address. host: a more visible role in the white house, over the weekend in "the washington post, they had this, "the white house toughens its town." guest: i think that the white house was taken off guard by what happened in massachusetts. they are at a point right now where they realize that if they do not
c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week in congress, the second year of the obama administration. more liz sidoti liz with the associated press and jennifer haberkorn from "the washington times." good morning, welcome. we'll start with you, jennifer, asking you about your story this morning in the politics section. that story is being reported elsewhere as well. for the president is expected to speak elsewhere...
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nothing is going to be frozen in washington, d.c. as a matter of fact, even what obama is saying is not going into effect for a year, and the congress won't let it happen. i think mr. reich's sentiments are well represented in washington. i actually want to see more money spent, not less. it's just that who has the discretion to spend it? that's the issue. when the government spends it, think mal-invest it. we don't have the problem because there's not enough consumption or spending. that is not going to solve the problem. what we should have done is maybe suspend the income tax for three years. it would have cost us less than bailing out the big banks and all the special interests. i mean, the people could make a decision on whether they should liquidate their debt and how to invest. this would be a wiser choice. >> larry: quickly, robert . >> i just want to agree, bailing out the big banks instead of helping main street was a version of trickle down economics and it doesn't work. >> larry: we're scheduled to discuss the stimulus. w
nothing is going to be frozen in washington, d.c. as a matter of fact, even what obama is saying is not going into effect for a year, and the congress won't let it happen. i think mr. reich's sentiments are well represented in washington. i actually want to see more money spent, not less. it's just that who has the discretion to spend it? that's the issue. when the government spends it, think mal-invest it. we don't have the problem because there's not enough consumption or spending. that is...
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expect next tuesday the president gets back to washington, he's going into the white house situationroom calling in the top officials, calling some of this em under the carpet. >> we saw when the president came out, at least the second time, i thought, flash of some anger, at least some reallying put out by what he was learning. this seems to me so say that this was a pretty serious breach, there is something sort of more obvious than what we've been led to believe so far. what kind of hints are you getting from those that are out there and those you're talking to back here about the seriousness of what went on? it was really a serious overlook here or something that we're able to look at and say i can see how they missed this? >> reporter: they're suggest it's deadly serious and as you heard the president himself say a couple of days ago, if not for some luck, frankly, there could have been up to close to 300 people killed christmas day. they get this is a serious breach of security. a lot of these things should have been fixed after 9/11 because of the 9/11 commission report. all of th
expect next tuesday the president gets back to washington, he's going into the white house situationroom calling in the top officials, calling some of this em under the carpet. >> we saw when the president came out, at least the second time, i thought, flash of some anger, at least some reallying put out by what he was learning. this seems to me so say that this was a pretty serious breach, there is something sort of more obvious than what we've been led to believe so far. what kind of...
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and then so now washington, in washington the democrats are saying well, if he loses maybe we could pass it in the lame duck session before he actually takes a seat or hold it up, claim's recount. ask for a recount to. me that is crazy talk because if you have an earthquake you can't just then do some monkey business and pass a lame duck session a major piece of legislation. >> do you agree that is crazy. >> i agree. you have ten days to certify the results. i mean the results are the results. and ten days are not required to do it. and david is right. >> anybody tried to play games they couldn't get away with it. >> no, they couldn't get away with it. >> this race has been nationalized. i mean the president, you know, is up or down vote on him whether he went there or didn't go there. so he has made the decision to go there to push all the chips into the middle of the table. >> but in a word, if by chance coakley does win and they maintain the 60 votes, does this deal today on health-care reform, not today, this week on health-care reform on these so-called cadillac plans, is that going
and then so now washington, in washington the democrats are saying well, if he loses maybe we could pass it in the lame duck session before he actually takes a seat or hold it up, claim's recount. ask for a recount to. me that is crazy talk because if you have an earthquake you can't just then do some monkey business and pass a lame duck session a major piece of legislation. >> do you agree that is crazy. >> i agree. you have ten days to certify the results. i mean the results are...
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joining us to discuss it all, tom shales, the "washington post" tv columnist wrote a book "live from new york." it's a terrific read about a lot of this. jerry penacoli, correspondent from "extra" is here. dick cavett, the former "tonight show" writer for jack paar and johnny carson. host of his own late night talk show back then. jay was on oprah today. here's what he had to say about conan. >> have you talked to conan in person since all this? >> no, i haven't. haven't. >> did you want to pick up the phone? >> yeah, but it didn't seem appropriate. >> why? >> i don't know. i think -- let things cool down and maybe we'll talk. >> did you feel bad forko nan at any point? >> i did. i felt really bad for conan. i think it's unfair, but tv is not fair. i thought it was unfair for me. >> you felt bad for conan, but you didn't think you were the reason? >> i wasn't the reason. the reason were the ratings. >> uh-huh. >> larry: all right. tom shales, who is probably now the dean of american television critics, what do you make of all this? >> what can be made of it other than it's a horrible
joining us to discuss it all, tom shales, the "washington post" tv columnist wrote a book "live from new york." it's a terrific read about a lot of this. jerry penacoli, correspondent from "extra" is here. dick cavett, the former "tonight show" writer for jack paar and johnny carson. host of his own late night talk show back then. jay was on oprah today. here's what he had to say about conan. >> have you talked to conan in person since all this?...
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. >> larry: joining us now from washington, frank and gillian thorpe, survivors of the earthquake. gillian was buried under the rubble for many hours, trapped in the haitian headquarters of the mission where she and frank worked. frank, how far away were you? >> i was about 100 miles north of port-au-prince. i was doing research on a story up north in a region called ahmsrouge. we felt the earthquake up there, the ground beneath us bounced, but we didn't know it was so serious. we...
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let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them out, they couldn't do it. they called me, i couldn't get anywhere. then we saw the haitian ambassador being interviewed on cnn. so i called into the station and said, can you get a message from me to ambassador joseph? they did, the ambassador called me, he started the ball rolling. then we got great cooperation from the department of homeland security, immigration, the state department, the military was terrific. we got on a plane yesterday morning, monday morning, at 11:30 from pittsburgh. we reached the port-au-prince at a
let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them...
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in washington. dan at the white house. laura schwartz in chicago served as director of events in the white house social office in the clinton administration. want to get us up to date on the new crash story? >> reporter: well, yeah. we got the statement from the secret service this morning. they were pointing out that now a third individual did manage to make the way into the white house here to that state dinner in november. this person according to the secret service went to a local hotel where the indian delegation was meeting and then hopped in a vehicle there and came into the white house. now the secret service says that they did go through -- that individual did go through a security screening and they don't believe at any time that individual got into the receiving line or had a chance to meet the president or the first lady. it's under investigation and clearly another embarrassing situation for this white house which we're talking about security issues, national security, and now a third individual managed to get
in washington. dan at the white house. laura schwartz in chicago served as director of events in the white house social office in the clinton administration. want to get us up to date on the new crash story? >> reporter: well, yeah. we got the statement from the secret service this morning. they were pointing out that now a third individual did manage to make the way into the white house here to that state dinner in november. this person according to the secret service went to a local...
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got to get the message in washington. the rare of play to the place to the base plx is over. >> larry: we're back. is john avalon right? >> john avalon has emerged as one of the leading voices of his generation. i respect that. but i do disagree about his analysis of scott brown. he was embraced on the conservatives. he did say she was for row v. wade. he's very much against gay marriage and against other things. he was a right to life candidate in this election. he was always against deficit spending. he was against the health care bill. but to go back to the question you put to mary matlin, scott brown took off in december, and in large part when he began campaigning, he nationalized the race. and when he did that, along with his populism and authenticity, he reminds me of sarah palin in some ways. he is real and for the people. that combination of nationalizing the race and the personality really drove this and brought him a victory against a, as we know, not a very good candidate. >> larry: donna, speaking today, he m
got to get the message in washington. the rare of play to the place to the base plx is over. >> larry: we're back. is john avalon right? >> john avalon has emerged as one of the leading voices of his generation. i respect that. but i do disagree about his analysis of scott brown. he was embraced on the conservatives. he did say she was for row v. wade. he's very much against gay marriage and against other things. he was a right to life candidate in this election. he was always...
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i love coming to washington, d.c. i always get so excited coming down on that train, this morning on my way down i turned around and looked and said is that dan rather. dan, how are you? we had a terrific conversation. that's the great thing about coming here. you meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. i'm alexis glick. i just departed fox business just a short while ago. i was the vice president over there and helped launch a business network that i hope you guys will continue to watch. i have many good friends over there. i'm about to embark on a new venture. i can't announce it yet but i'll be announcing it in the next month or two. anyhow, i am so pleased to be here today. and the foundation have been friends of mine for years now. without entrepreneurs, we don't have job creation and as married to a small business owner, my father being a small business own , a lot of entrepreneurs in my family, something i feel very, very strongly about and i want us to do more to empower the entrepreneurs and look at
i love coming to washington, d.c. i always get so excited coming down on that train, this morning on my way down i turned around and looked and said is that dan rather. dan, how are you? we had a terrific conversation. that's the great thing about coming here. you meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. i'm alexis glick. i just departed fox business just a short while ago. i was the vice president over there and helped launch a business network that i hope you guys will continue to...
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it's happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. taxing before saving. and i think we can do better. as the 41st senator i can go down there and at least bring conversation back. it's broken, broken here and it's broken in washington. as the 60th senator, martha, debate will be cut off. and that's not good for democracy. that's not what our founding fathers wanted and i'm hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here and i appreciate what you've done, david. thank you very much. >> mr. david kennedy. >> thank you for moderating this this evening and for everybody coming out. this election a week from now is about the small government candidate against the big government candidate. what you need scott will spend money on war, martha will spend money on healthcare. but the reality is, who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money? or do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i'm the only candidate that will go out there and i will cut spending. i will
it's happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. taxing before saving. and i think we can do better. as the 41st senator i can go down there and at least bring conversation back. it's broken, broken here and it's broken in washington. as the 60th senator, martha, debate will be cut off. and that's not good for democracy. that's not what our founding fathers wanted and i'm hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being...
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it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard, texting bush pour sieving. 44 senator i can go down there and elise bring conversation back. it is broken like it is here in massachusetts broken and broken in washington. as the 60th center debate will be cut off and that is not what our founding fathers wanted and i am hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here in depreciably bealeton david. >> mr. kennedy. >> david, thank you for moderating this evening in thanks everybody for coming up. this election is really about the economy in the future. this is about big government candidates and what you really need to ask yourself this scott will spend money on war, martha will spend money on health care but the reality is who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money or do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i am the only candidate who will go out there and i will cut spending. i will r
it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard, texting bush pour sieving. 44 senator i can go down there and elise bring conversation back. it is broken like it is here in massachusetts broken and broken in washington. as the 60th center debate will be cut off and that is not what our founding fathers wanted and i am hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here in depreciably bealeton david. >> mr....
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folks got to get the message in washington. the era of play to the base politics is over. >> larry: we'll get when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance travelers. insurance for auto, home and business. >>> the number one thing i heard is that people are tired of business as usual. >> what happened here in massachusetts can happen all over america. >> larry: we're back. david, is john avalon right? >> well, john has emerged as one of the leading voices of his generation. so i respect that. but i do disagree about his analysis about scott brown. he was embraced by the social conservatives. he did not necessarily embrace their full agenda. he did say he was for roe v. wade, but he wants to put a lot of restrictions on the way abortions are done. he's against gay marriage. he was a right-to-life candidate in this election. i don't think it was a major thing that drove the election. i think he was very much against deficit spending, very much against the health care bill. but to go back to the question you put
folks got to get the message in washington. the era of play to the base politics is over. >> larry: we'll get when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance travelers. insurance for auto, home and business. >>> the number one thing i heard is that people are tired of business as usual. >> what happened here in massachusetts can happen all over america. >> larry: we're back. david, is john avalon right? >> well, john has emerged as one of the...
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jim webb the story this evening in the washington post. tim on the republican line joining from orlando. go ahead, please. >> caller: hi, tips for taking my call and congratulations to senator brown. bye calling in regards to -- i did vote for mccain and i looked at it as i'm going to graduate college in the next year and by understand [inaudible] i considered strongly voting for obama but i looked at it as an opportunity i supported everything obama said he could do and i hope he could do it but unfortunately i am seeing a lot of it hasn't come to fruition. so, with brown's victory, i'm looking as a republican victory we did have a filibuster and delete things in the government as a whole but we need more checks and balances on things such as health care and how we give our tax dollars going to things. a majority of americans have shown [inaudible] essentially i want more checks and balances, and my brother in law and my family lives up in massachusetts and half of them are liberals and the other half of them are republicans, so it's kind
jim webb the story this evening in the washington post. tim on the republican line joining from orlando. go ahead, please. >> caller: hi, tips for taking my call and congratulations to senator brown. bye calling in regards to -- i did vote for mccain and i looked at it as i'm going to graduate college in the next year and by understand [inaudible] i considered strongly voting for obama but i looked at it as an opportunity i supported everything obama said he could do and i hope he could...
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i did not come to washington to be a weather vane, i did not come to washington to applaud this president or the past president when i think i have not been correct. i have to give my honest judgment. the american people are hurting. they are asking for different approaches. i am trying to voice those concerns. if the president goes in a different direction, it is my obligation to try to persuade him to go in the direction the american people want. i don't see that as an attempt to fight the president. i view that as an attempt to represent my constituents and to the best i can for this country. host: let's take a call next from austin, bob on the republican line. caller: i was interested to know why we are spending so much money, or going to be spending so much money, defending people -- obama plays it down to make it sound like that even enemy combatants anymore. they are terrorists. we cannot seem to call them that. why are we spending millions of dollars to defend people who have admitted their guilt when the economy is struggling as bad as it is? it just seems more like me. -- seems
i did not come to washington to be a weather vane, i did not come to washington to applaud this president or the past president when i think i have not been correct. i have to give my honest judgment. the american people are hurting. they are asking for different approaches. i am trying to voice those concerns. if the president goes in a different direction, it is my obligation to try to persuade him to go in the direction the american people want. i don't see that as an attempt to fight the...
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yet driving from washington d.c. to may or washington state to arizona means passing through states that have weak drunk driving laws, did not ban text driving laws, did not ban text messaging, do not require that use a booster seat for your child, have life-threatening with -- life-threatening loopholes in teen driving laws and an adequate enforcement of seat belt and motorcycle helmet laws. and worst states, there were 10 in the green category. the top to in this category are the district of columbia, i got credit for 13.5 lost and the state of new jersey, with credit for 13 lost. the other states are illinois, thank you center, maryland, new york, north carolina, oregon, tennessee, minnesota, california, and washington. there are nine worst states this year. we added, unfortunately, six new states to that category. they are arizona, virginia, vt., pennsylvania, ohio, and nebraska. in order of ranking, the states in the worst category having fewer than half of these 15 basic laws are south dakota with only three of
yet driving from washington d.c. to may or washington state to arizona means passing through states that have weak drunk driving laws, did not ban text driving laws, did not ban text messaging, do not require that use a booster seat for your child, have life-threatening with -- life-threatening loopholes in teen driving laws and an adequate enforcement of seat belt and motorcycle helmet laws. and worst states, there were 10 in the green category. the top to in this category are the district of...
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it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. i think we can do better. i can go down there and bring conversations back. as the 60th senator, debate will be cut off and that is not good for democracy. i hope i get the opportunity on january 19. i appreciate everyone being here and what you have done. >> thank you for moderating and thanks for coming out. this election a week from now is about the economy and about the future. this is about big government candidates against a small government canada. what you need to ask yourself is, scott will spend money on war. martha will spend money on health care. who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money? do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i am the only candidate who will cut spending. i will repeal obamacare and file legislation to end the wars and bring that money back to the people of massachusetts and the rest of the country. i will audit the federal reserve. i am willing to cut the spending. you have to ask yourself, would you w
it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. i think we can do better. i can go down there and bring conversations back. as the 60th senator, debate will be cut off and that is not good for democracy. i hope i get the opportunity on january 19. i appreciate everyone being here and what you have done. >> thank you for moderating and thanks for coming out. this election a week from now is about the economy and about the future. this is...
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did he stay in washington the whole time? did he fly back to memphis and ply back -- fly back again? >> after we left he personally, in the car, dropped me off at the airport where i could get back to my job and then he and sonny took a commercial -- another commercial flight back to memphis. i think in his excitement about the visit, and we had a good friend, bill morris, who was the mayor back there, he was the one that got elvis as one of the 10 outstanding young americans which elvis mentioned to the president, who was one of those as well. then elvis, and i'm back in l.a., but he did make another trip and brought bill and a couple of people and he did not meet hoover. it was a lot harder to meet with j. edgar hoover than with the president. i can vouch for that. >> thank you. >> i'm just wondering, did you get to keep your job in l.a.? and how did the explanation go? >> very good one. great question. >> i did keep my job in l.a. there was no way i was going to tell them the truth. they would have never believed me. they
did he stay in washington the whole time? did he fly back to memphis and ply back -- fly back again? >> after we left he personally, in the car, dropped me off at the airport where i could get back to my job and then he and sonny took a commercial -- another commercial flight back to memphis. i think in his excitement about the visit, and we had a good friend, bill morris, who was the mayor back there, he was the one that got elvis as one of the 10 outstanding young americans which elvis...
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the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one of the differences between martha coakley and i. at a time when we just do not needed. i would propose going and allowing states to do this individually with the government incentivizing it. we can export what we have done and show them how to do it. i am looking forward to be the party -- the 41st vote and get that plan back to the drawing board. >> thank you for hosting us here this evening. i would be proud to be the 60th vote to make sure that we need health care reform that was so badly need. we have taken the lead here in massachusetts, and now we are attac
the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and...
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brown goes to washington. guest: the real question is, now that they have arrived, what can they accomplish? what we hear from voters time and again it is what can they do? how will you work together to get these things done, on drums, the economy, health care, -- jobs, the economy, health care, global warming? host: next phone call. caller: i could not believe with senator kennedy being sick, the democrat party did not look forward and see the position they were in. this is a senator who championed a lot of wonderful things for the people. i feel as if republicans got on top of this right away. they did a great job getting the word out. they have a nice looking guy, he talks well. that is the way the health care bill is right now. this democratic party could have done a wonderful thing for the country. even the president had not been up front delivering a good mission -- message to the people. host: amy walter? guest: all good points. fundamentally, this will be the issue for the 2010 campaign. democrats need
brown goes to washington. guest: the real question is, now that they have arrived, what can they accomplish? what we hear from voters time and again it is what can they do? how will you work together to get these things done, on drums, the economy, health care, -- jobs, the economy, health care, global warming? host: next phone call. caller: i could not believe with senator kennedy being sick, the democrat party did not look forward and see the position they were in. this is a senator who...
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. >> gregg: molly henneberg is live in washington. molly, president says the u.s. has had its eye on al-qaeda in yiyz for a while. >> molly: yes, in the broader arabian peninsula, president said they have gone on the attack previously. take a listen. >> in recent years they bombed yemeni places. i have ordered to strengthen our with the yemeni government and working them to strike al-qaeda terrorists. >> molly: yemen in response as you were saying, has sent hundreds of troops to two mountainous eastern provinces where the government has little control to try to root out the terrorists there. >> gregg: the president has used the phrase war on terror only once before since taking office. does he use it to industry describe it for the failed bombing plot? >> not war on terror. obama administration doesn't like that phrase used frequently during the bush administration. he describes the plot, as an attempted act of terrorism. he has made it clear that the u.s. is at war against, quote a far-reaching of violence and hatred and the u.s. will do whatever it takes to defea
. >> gregg: molly henneberg is live in washington. molly, president says the u.s. has had its eye on al-qaeda in yiyz for a while. >> molly: yes, in the broader arabian peninsula, president said they have gone on the attack previously. take a listen. >> in recent years they bombed yemeni places. i have ordered to strengthen our with the yemeni government and working them to strike al-qaeda terrorists. >> molly: yemen in response as you were saying, has sent hundreds of...
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washington d.c. has done an abysmal job of securing our borders. >> both the governor and the senator continued to give lip service to a problem that is plaguing taxes. it is hurting all of us. immigrants and citizens alike. we must get serious about illegal immigration i. we must stand up against washington d.c., a primary reason for the rising health- care costs is a federal legislation that we need to stop those incentives. >> i wish we had more time for all of this. we are at the end of our debate portion. we have time for closing statements. >> many of you have had to work very hard to ensure that we had a voice on this stage tonight. i hope you can tell by my answers that i would lead us along the path less traveled and that will make all the different for taxes. we have a real opportunity here to restore true private property m&=[wçy
washington d.c. has done an abysmal job of securing our borders. >> both the governor and the senator continued to give lip service to a problem that is plaguing taxes. it is hurting all of us. immigrants and citizens alike. we must get serious about illegal immigration i. we must stand up against washington d.c., a primary reason for the rising health- care costs is a federal legislation that we need to stop those incentives. >> i wish we had more time for all of this. we are at...
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here is the way washington works. some people write memoirs and somehow those drafts might get into the possession of an investigative reporter. jack anderson was a very popular -- a merry go round, you turn to that book, and there was a story that came out and january 25, 1972. and you cannot see this. presley gets narcotics bureau badge. this is not exactly of hot new story. this was a year later, but the memoirs had gone to jack anderson. he got in our tax badge -- a narcotics badge? and he describes the first meeting that he had with elvis, and then my call later on, john and i were good friends and i felt badly about making the call, but not so bad right now. >> you've got a bit of the toward the white house. what didn't elvis say when he saw the situation room? >> he was a huge film buff. there was a film called "dr. strange love,"which we saw 15 times and our private screening rooms. els could "every part. he could "peter sellars talking to itself, george c. scott, he was a great actor. there was a part in thei
here is the way washington works. some people write memoirs and somehow those drafts might get into the possession of an investigative reporter. jack anderson was a very popular -- a merry go round, you turn to that book, and there was a story that came out and january 25, 1972. and you cannot see this. presley gets narcotics bureau badge. this is not exactly of hot new story. this was a year later, but the memoirs had gone to jack anderson. he got in our tax badge -- a narcotics badge? and he...
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washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware that the american public has increasingly desired fast results. it is one of the down sides of technology. people are looking for the instant reaction and also for the instant solut
washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the...
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in washington, jim angle. fox news. >> rick: well, you've probably swiped that credit card a bunch of times over the past several weeks with the holidays. now that the shopping season has come to an end, it's time to look at those bills that are probably coming in the mail and some of the bills could be pretty big. so with the new year, how do you manage to get out of debt and quickly? joining us now with some tips is the ceo of bartman enterprises and the former ceo of commercial financial services, that he cans thanks for coming in. this is something that affects a lot of people out there. these bills are coming and i imagine that there are some people out there who probably already had debts to begin with before the shopping season. what do they do? i know one of your tips is to stop paying all your bills? >> well, good afternoon and yes, that's one of my tips, it sounds unconventional, almost sounds unamerican to be telling people to not pay their bills, but honestly nthis time in this recession and this e
in washington, jim angle. fox news. >> rick: well, you've probably swiped that credit card a bunch of times over the past several weeks with the holidays. now that the shopping season has come to an end, it's time to look at those bills that are probably coming in the mail and some of the bills could be pretty big. so with the new year, how do you manage to get out of debt and quickly? joining us now with some tips is the ceo of bartman enterprises and the former ceo of commercial...
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. >> washington journal continues. host: our guest is james ki thetfioeld a national correspondent. -- majes kitfield. james kitfield. what prompted you to write this piece? >> guest: we have seen this program for a while. in the last year-and-a-half, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of broken strikes. there's a controversy last summer when the cia director told congress there is a secret program establishing hit squads to fight and kill terrorists around the world. that caused a big furor. we should probably shun some more light on a secret program to target assassinations. we know very little about this. we don't know what the evidenciary bar is to get people a list. we don't know who was involved but that is becoming clearer after my re- 40. -- reporting. jarratt things they think they could do to take lives. host: what did people do to put that on this list for consideration? guest: after 9/11, president bush had an executive order that had word in their to target people in the war on terror. it was
. >> washington journal continues. host: our guest is james ki thetfioeld a national correspondent. -- majes kitfield. james kitfield. what prompted you to write this piece? >> guest: we have seen this program for a while. in the last year-and-a-half, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of broken strikes. there's a controversy last summer when the cia director told congress there is a secret program establishing hit squads to fight and kill terrorists around the world....
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"washington journal." we go to the pentagon where we are expecting an update on haiti. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . [no audio]. >> we are expecting a video link from the unified task force in haiti. the pentagon is having a problem with the signal from haiti. we will have this news conference live want to get under way. "the new york times"report that the united nations is agreeing to send an additional 3500 soldiers and police officers to haiti. we will have the news conference live until it starts today as election day in massachusetts pretty special senatorial election. spoke to a reporter on this morning's "washington journal per-quo ♪ c." all eyes on bay state ballot. what is the turnout strategy for both candidates today? guest: i think on the democratic side, martha coakley's supporters -- democrats tend to have an evanish on the ground on election day because they outnumber republicans but they are trying to sto
"washington journal." we go to the pentagon where we are expecting an update on haiti. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . [no audio]. >> we are expecting a video link from the unified task force in haiti. the pentagon is having a problem with the signal from haiti. we will have this news conference live want to get under way. "the new york times"report that the united nations is agreeing to...
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yes, politics plays a part of everything in washington. it does not need to dominate discussions about protecting the united states against an attack. host: north carolina on the republican line. caller: what was said before that, the same policies are in effect between the bush administration and the current administration -- that is not true. they have changed the chain of command drastically when they took the cia and made it a role rather e rather than the than the primary role and the fbi has moved up to the primary role. do you have anything to say about that? >> guest: well, i mean, again, there's a lot of changing of roles that occurred after september 11 where now there's the director of national intelligence. and that the cia reports to and the fbi, you know, plays a much bigger role in investigating domestic mostly terrorist plots. but again, i don't know -- i mean, there have been significant policy changes regarding the treatment of suspects, you know, by the obama administration. but i don't know that there's been a significa
yes, politics plays a part of everything in washington. it does not need to dominate discussions about protecting the united states against an attack. host: north carolina on the republican line. caller: what was said before that, the same policies are in effect between the bush administration and the current administration -- that is not true. they have changed the chain of command drastically when they took the cia and made it a role rather e rather than the than the primary role and the fbi...
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we want to avoid doing something that makes sense in washington that makes absolutely no sense on the ground in the country. so as much as we can, avoiding that, and obviously, we're all on the same team, we're going to defend our teammates, i think that the question about money for afghanistan versus africa, it was a little bit difficult to answer because we have many interests in both places. i went to africa on a long trip in august and in part to try to see what we could do and do better, but also to try to prod countries, particularly resource rich countries to try to invest in their own people. the oil curse is alive and well in countries. the failure to deal with corruption, with violence, is alive and well. and it's heartbreaking because there's so much that could be done but we are -- we're having to change the minds of both government and private sector leaders in order to achieve the kind of objectives we're looking for. i had susan levine, and i saw byron. susan and then byron. >> hi, susan. >> hi there. such an honor to be here today, what a wonderful speech. you mentione
we want to avoid doing something that makes sense in washington that makes absolutely no sense on the ground in the country. so as much as we can, avoiding that, and obviously, we're all on the same team, we're going to defend our teammates, i think that the question about money for afghanistan versus africa, it was a little bit difficult to answer because we have many interests in both places. i went to africa on a long trip in august and in part to try to see what we could do and do better,...